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Back when phones were actually used for making calls. :rofl:

I do miss the days of getting a couple weeks on a single battery charge.

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im 95% sure this was my first too, except mine was blue and not black.

Sony Ericsson T300. It was tiny AND had a color screen!!! Note that this was back when your parents didn't shove a smartphone in your hands at the age of 3. I bought this phone when I was 17 I think and paid for it and my own service on it.

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My first phone was the LG chocolate.

I always hated the 'International' version of the LG Chocolate. The first phone I bought with my own money was the LG Chocolate too, but the 'regular' one. :rofl:

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I had phones previously like a Siemens one I don't remember and also a Philips one I don't remember either... but they were bought for me.

Nokia 2180, c 1997ish

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yep had one of those after upgradeing from an old analoug nokia 101. back in the days when vodafone 1st introduced pay as you go

where you had to pay for line rental for 30 days and then add credit which expired at the end of the month. ?5 of call time didnt last long

gosh how times have changed.

My first phone was a Nokia 3210, snake FTW ;)

I then moved on to S60 smart phones with the Ngage QD, Nokia 6630 & Nokia N95

Now its all about Android starting with the HTC Desire and to my current Galaxy Nexus

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